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Patent No.:

US 10436456 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Oct. 08, 2019

Filed:

Nov. 08, 2016

Air conditioner and method for controlling an air conditioner

Applicant:

Lg Electronics Inc., Seoul, KR;

Inventors:

Beungyong Park, Seoul, KR;

Sungmok Hwang, Seoul, KR;

Juyoun Lee, Seoul, KR;

Jusu Kim, Seoul, KR;

Seaunglok Ham, Seoul, KR;

Assignee:

LG ELECTRONICS INC., Seoul, KR;

Attorney:

Ked & Associates LLP

Primary Examiner:

Brian W Wathen

Assistant Examiner:

Olvin Lopez Alvarez

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F24F 11/00 (2018.01); G06K 9/52 (2006.01); G01B 11/06 (2006.01); G06T 7/00 (2017.01); F24F 1/0014 (2019.01); F24F 1/0047 (2019.01); G06K 9/62 (2006.01); G06T 15/20 (2011.01); H04N 17/00 (2006.01); F24F 11/30 (2018.01); F24F 11/79 (2018.01); F24F 11/77 (2018.01); F24F 11/83 (2018.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01); F24F 120/10 (2018.01); F24F 120/12 (2018.01); F24F 11/64 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F24F 1/0014 (2013.01); F24F 1/0047 (2019.02); F24F 11/30 (2018.01); F24F 11/77 (2018.01); F24F 11/79 (2018.01); F24F 11/83 (2018.01); G01B 11/0608 (2013.01); G06K 9/52 (2013.01); G06K 9/6267 (2013.01); G06T 15/20 (2013.01); H04N 17/002 (2013.01); F24F 11/64 (2018.01); F24F 2120/10 (2018.01); F24F 2120/12 (2018.01); G06K 9/00362 (2013.01);
Abstract

An air conditioner and a method for controlling an air conditioner are provided. The method may include acquiring a top view image for an indoor space using an imaging device and calculating a height of a ceiling in which an indoor device may be mounted; determining whether an image is a human body or an obstacle, with respect to at least one image included in the to view image; and performing control of the indoor device to allow air flow to avoid an obstacle and be discharged toward a human body by controlling driving of an indoor fan or one or more discharge vane provided in the indoor device.

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